1a.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  c1990.  Arkansas Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Precision Indexing Publ., Bountiful, UT (online at Ancestry.com):

Stroope, William S.

Pippin, Arretta

21 Jan 1842

Clark County

1b.  Clark County, AR, Marriages before 1850 (online at Sherry Miller's Clark County, AR, web site):

Pippin, Arretta married Stroope, William S. on 21 Jan 1842...

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2-3 of 6):  Greenville Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll M432_25, pp. 220A-220B, 420/420, enumerated 21 Dec 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

William S. Stroope	30	M		Farmer	800	Arkansas
Retta         "	31	F				Tennessee
Frances       "	9	F				Arkansas
Jacob         "	8	M				"
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John Stroope	6	M				Arkansas
Rebecca  "	2	F				"

Listed next to William's father, Jacob STROOPE, Jr.

3.  1860 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 16):  Arkadelphia P.O., City of Arkadelphia, [Caddo Twp.,] Clark Co., AR, Roll M653_39, p. 69, PN 17, 113/113, enumerated 12 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

William Stroope	40	M		Farmer	4500	700	Ark
Arrista    "	41	F					Ga
Francis    "	18	F					Ark
Jacob      "	16	M					"
John       "	15	M					"
Robert     "	11	M					"
William    "	9	M					"
Nancy      "	7	F					"
Tennessee  "	4	F					"

That has to be Rebecca, not "Robert."

4.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #7 of 24):  Arkadelphia P.O., Town of Arkadelphia, [Caddo Twp.,] Clark Co., AR, Roll M593_49, p. 204A, PN 7, 71/65, enumerated 14 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

Stroop Wm S	50	M	W	Ret Dry goods merchant	7000	1000	Arkansas
______ Aseta	51	F	W	Keeping House			Tennessee
______ Francis	28	F	W	At Home			Arkansas
______ Tennessee	14	F	W	At Home			Arkansas
Stafford Manerva	7	F	W				Arkansas
Langford Foby	19	M	W	Farm Laborer			Arkansas

5a.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 38):  Antoine Twp., Pike Co., AR, Roll T9_53, p. 463A, PN 3, SD 2, ED 125, enumerated 24 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Pounds Rebecka B

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Keeping house

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"    Lucy E

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F

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Dau

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at home

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Son

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Farmer

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Stroope William

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M

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Farmer

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SC

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Allford A

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F

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Keeping house

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5b.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27 of 52):  Caddo Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll T9_40, p. 441C, PN 27, SD 2, ED 32, enumerated 12 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Stroope Rittie

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_______ Fannie

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Dau

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Stafford Minerva

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F

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Niece

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Banks John

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M

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Boarder

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Farmer

AR

AR

AR

John BANKS would appear to be one who later married Frances.  Listed next to Rittie's married daughter, Tennie, and her husband, John CARROLL.  Enumerated twice (see next source).

5b.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #48 of 54):  Caddo Twp., Clark Co., AR, Roll T9_40, p. 477D, PN 39, SD 2, ED 33, enumerated 18 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Stroope R A

W

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Keep H

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"    Francis

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F

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Dau

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AR

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KY

Stafford Manerva

W

F

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GDau

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at Home

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Listed next to married daughter, "T. M.," living with her husband, Jno. CARROLL, who has also been enumerated twice.

6.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 32):  Thompson Twp., Pike Co., AR, Roll T623_71 (Book 2), p. 90A, SN 1, SD 5, ED 92, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤(•)

1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

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Strope William S

Head

W

M

May 1820

80

Wd

AR

KY

SC

Farmer

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F

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Alford, Lerenda L

Wife

W

F

Sep 1852

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House Keeper

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Moon Nathaniel D

Boarder

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8.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found.

9.  Anon.  1890.  Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas.  Goodspeed Publ. Co., Chicago (online at Ancestry.com):

p. 339

William S. Stroope, farmer, Murfreesboro, Ark.  Mr. Stroope is recognized as a careful, energetic agriculturist of this community, and by his advanced ideas and progressive habits has done not a little for the farming elements hereabouts.  He is a native of this State, born in Clark County, in 1820, and is the fourth in a family of nine children born to Jacob and Mary (Kidwell) Stroope, natives of Kentucky and South Carolina, respectively.  The father was a mechanic and moved from his native State to Louisiana, and afterward settled in Arkansas, seven miles west of Arkadelphia, in Clark County.  He then resided in different localities after the death of his wife, which occurred in December, 1849, at the age of fifty-three years, and then went to Texas, where his death occurred in 1853, at the age of seventy-one years.  During his residence in Clark County he became well known and universally respected.  Both parents were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which they were active workers. He was with Gen Jackson in the War of 1818, and was discharged at New Orleans.  The paternal grand-father died in Clark County, at the age of eighty-four years; he was an agricultureist, and owned a good farm in Clark County.  William S. Stroope was early taught the duties of farm life, but had very poor educational advantages, and later in life attended school with his own children.  He was married January 20, 1841, to Miss Arritta Pippin, a native of Tennessee, who bore him the following children:  Frances (wife of J. J. Banks, resides on the old homestead in Clark county), Jacob (died at Lauderdale Springs, Miss., in 1863, while a soldier), John P. (married and resides in Pike County), Rebecca (wife of O. S. Johnson, who lives near Murfreesboro), William T. (married and resides in Clark County), Tinnie M. (wife of John Carroll, resides in Clark County), Nancy (died at the age of thirteen years).  After his marriage Mr. Stroope purchased a good farm four and a half miles southwest of Arkadelphia, consisting of 220 acres, and at one time owned 1,120 acres, but divided all but 220 acres among his children.  He has cleared 130 acres, and has about that many

p. 340

acres under cultivation.  In 1878 he came to Pike County, located in the northern part, and there purchased a farm of 240 acres, on which he resided for five years, opening fifty acres, and making other improvements.  He removed ot Murfreesboro in 1883, and at that time bought seventy-five acres, but is now the owner of about 1,000 acres in the bottoom of the Little Missouri.  He is also the owner of a good part of the land in the limits of the town, and has 200 acres under cultivation, the principal part of which he has done himself.  In 1884 he engaged in business in Murfreesboro, and in 1886 took Mr. C.E. Stelle as a partner, the partnership being dissolved in 1890.  He has also a half interest in the gin and mill in town, and is a live business man.  On July 15, 1861, Mr. Stroope enlisted in Weatherspoon's company, and was in the battles of Oak Hill and Elkhorn.  He was taken sick after the latter battle and was unable to go with his company across the Mississippi River.  After recovering he joined Reed's company and served wholly in Arkansas, until the close of the war.